Man stabbed in chest in Escondido

ESCONDIDO -- A man was attacked by three men and stabbed in the
chest at 2:35 p.m. Saturday in the 400 block of North Fig Street,
Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton said.

The victim told officers he did not know the men or know why
they attacked him as he walked down the street, Benton said. He did
not even realize initially that he had been stabbed by one of the
men, he just ran from them toward a relative's house on East Third
Avenue, the sergeant said.

Paramedics took the man to Palomar Medical Center for treatment
of a minor wound, Benton said. He was treated and released, he
said.

The suspects were all described as Latinos between the ages of
18 and 20 with shaved heads, Benton said. It was unknown whether
the attack was gang related, he said.